Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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